Benjamin Whorf Quotes

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.

Benjamin Whorf

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 24, 1897 - July 26, 1941

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God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?

Joe Cocker

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Friends often tell me how much their grandchildren enjoy 'Are You Being Served?' It doesn't matter that they were not even born when it was broadcast, or that they belong to a very different world.

Jeremy Lloyd

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All music industry places are the same, really. They have the same dynamics and the same concerns and the same needs.

Jeff Buckley

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Elon Musk wins you over with his elegant mastery of engineering, be it for the rocket or the car. But what blew my socks off was when our conversation veered way off topic. We started musing about whether it was possible we all lived in the matrix, and Musk still had deep knowledge.

Steve Jurvetson

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I am simply the most conspicuous part of a large, thoroughly dedicated and professional staff that extends from just behind these cameras, across this country and around the world, in too many instances, in places of grave danger and personal hardship. They're family to me.

Tom Brokaw

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If we reach the debt ceiling, we don't have to default. Getting to that point just won't allow us to reach new debt.

Ron DeSantis

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I throw everything I have into whatever story I'm writing - and so there's something immensely gratifying about finishing one piece and then starting fresh with a new setting, time period and cast of characters, getting to see the world through a completely different lens each time.

Molly Antopol

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Put 'Luis Suarez' into an Internet search engine, and up comes the word 'racist.' It's a stain that is there for ever. And it is one that I feel I do not deserve.

Luis Suarez

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There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

Joschka Fischer

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I felt that what you should do is really take the best from each party's agenda and come to a solution somewhere above the positions of each party. So from the Left, take the idea that we need day care and food supplements for people on welfare. From the Right, take the idea that they have to work for a living and that there are time limits.

Dick Morris

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To be able to bring a championship back to Denver means everything.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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I thought there would be more time in my trailer to write during 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' but I seem to be always flying in a harness and conquering supervillains instead.

Clark Gregg

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